I’ve long thought that one of the rides should be a two-hilled roller coaster called The Grand Tetons.
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But when it started out, it was much like Silver Dollar City, with only a few rides, and a LOT of shows…
Hell on earth for a 10 year-old.
ETA: She herself is still very likeable, though.
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I was watching some documentary on PBS and they said she wrote Jolene and I Will Always Love You (IIRC) on the same night. That’s one hell of a night!
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She thinks. She was so prolific back then that she can’t even remember.
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Once again Fred Clark at Slacktivist has nicely deconstructed how the term “conservative” is used to distance oneself from admitting what one should know in their heart: being a jerk to other human beings is shitty.
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Just when I think she can’t get any awesomer…
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Nice!
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Nice but I thought we weren’t supposed to feed the trolls. To me, the first time she did it she was announcing herself as a presence is his schoolyard. Now that she’s so surpassed him, she’s bringing him up to her level. I’d say ignore the guy.
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Not sure if this is resistance to Trump, but it is anti-authoritarian leader, which is very very similar.
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Yes, one bright light at least, in the midst of a shit-ton of darkness.
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Thread.
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Sounds like a good place to expend a few spare $’s.
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If anyone hasn’t listened to the Dolly Parton’s America podcast, it is AMAZING. (Rusty Blazenhoff’s recommendation: New podcast: Dolly Parton's America - Boing Boing). Never thought of myself as a Dolly fan, but it’s about the best podcast I’ve ever heard. Great discussion about her worldwide appeal, increasingly young fan demographics, and decades-long feminist example (although she initially rejected the label).
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I think she still rejects the term ‘feminist’, and cites all the right-wing falsehoods about why, but as you say, she embodies it despite that fact.
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Yes.
And nevertheless, Weeeeeee will alllllllways love heeeeeeer!
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The first episode ends with an interesting discussion of Dolly’s rejection of the label. Guest Sarah Smarsh offered a sympathetic view of the rejection (which she wrote up here: Working-class women are too busy for gender theory – but they're still feminists | Feminism | The Guardian). Ultimately, Dolly did not reject being called a “feminist in practice.”
That’s me…that’s a good way of saying it. I work it, and I think there’s power in it.
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